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The garden pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) is a type of polychromatic large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. [2] It is derived by hybridization from several species in the section Melanium ("the pansies") [3] of the genus Viola, particularly V. tricolor, a wildflower of Europe and western Asia known as heartsease.
The Pansy Craze was a period of increased LGBT visibility in American popular culture from the late-1920s until the mid-1930s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During the " craze ," drag queens — known as "pansy performers" — experienced a surge in underground popularity, especially in New York City , Chicago , Los Angeles , and San Francisco .
Viola rafinesquei (syn. Viola bicolor), commonly known as the American field pansy or wild pansy, is an annual plant in the violet family found throughout much of North America. [2] There has been some debate as to whether the plant is native there or if it was introduced from the Old World as a variety of Viola kitaibeliana , but it is now ...
Pansy is a symbol of freethought. The pansy serves as the long-established and enduring symbol of free thought; literature of the American Secular Union inaugurated its usage in the late 1800s. The reasoning behind the pansy as the symbol of free thought lies both in the flower's name and in its appearance.
Pansy (Fabergé egg) Pansy Parkinson, a minor character in the Harry Potter fiction series; a pejorative term for a gay man. Pansy Craze, a LGBT cultural phenomenon in the United States from the late-1920s to the mid-1930s; the name of the locomotive on the Richmond–Kurrajong railway line; Frank Iero's Les Paul guitar
Viola tricolor is a common European wild flower, growing as an annual or short-lived perennial.The species is also known as wild pansy, Johnny Jump up (though this name is also applied to similar species such as the yellow pansy), heartsease, heart's ease, heart's delight, tickle-my-fancy, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, come-and-cuddle-me, three faces in a hood, love-in-idleness, and pink of my john.
Effeminate comes from Latin effeminātus, from the factitive prefix ex-(from ex 'out') and femina 'woman'; it means 'made feminine, emasculated, weakened'.. Other vernacular words for effeminacy include: pansy, nelly, pretty boy, nancy boy, girly boy, molly, sissy, pussy, tomgirl, femboy, [4] roseboy, baby, and girl (when applied to a boy or, especially, adult man).
Viola pedunculata, the California golden violet, Johnny jump up, or yellow pansy, is a perennial yellow wildflower of the coast and coastal ranges in California and northwestern Baja California. [3] The common name "Johnny jump up" is usually associated with Viola tricolor however, the introduced garden annual.